![]() ![]() Knoop said there is no running water in the city of Rio Dell, but water bottles are being distributed to the public.īuckled State Route 211 in Humboldt County. Local agencies are working to find lodging for those currently displaced.Īt least 18 other homes were yellow tagged. The city expects for that number to exceed 100 people displaced. Rio Dell City Manager Kyle Knoop said about 15 homes were red tagged, leaving 30 residents displaced. "But we do have localized damaged, definitely people who have gotten injured,a couple reported injuries, mostly minor at this time." "To my knowledge, we haven't had catastrophic failure of apartment buildings or those kinds of things," Honsal said. Two injuries were reported.Īs officials were assessing the damage, it seemed immediately clear that this quake did not do the destructive damage as the 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Napa in 2014, where one person was killed and about 200 people injured. Fire crews and paramedics were out in force, he said, making sure people were OK.Īftermath of Northern California earthquakeĪ strong earthquake shook a rural stretch of Northern California early Tuesday, jolting residents awake, cutting off power to 70,000 people, and damaging some buildings and a roadway, officials said. Honsal said that there were indeed "major impacts" to homes, and there were damages to utilities and water supplies. In Fortuna, a TV reporter shared pictures of damaged storefronts. There were reports of broken glass throughout the region. Shampoo bottles fell off the shelf at a Safeway. Jumped out of bed and heard this roaring."Ĭaroline Titus shared video of her coffee station falling off the counter in her 140-year-old Victorian home.Ī porch collapsed in nearby Rio Dell. "I'd been asleep for 2/12 hours and was violently woken up. "I definitely felt it," said Nathan Scheinman, a nursery employee in Ferndale, where objects fell all over the floor. While there have been more damaging quakes, residents were on edge. ![]() MORE: California earthquake alerts: how to get notified before a quake "Right now, people have self evacuated, based on their assessment of their living situation," Honsal said. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |